United States v. Windsor Oral Argument, Edith Windsor Reaction
Edith Windsor, the respondent in United States v. Windsor, and her attorneys spoke to reporters following Supreme Court oral argument in…
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United States v. Windsor Oral Argument, Edith Windsor Reaction
Edith Windsor, the respondent in United States v. Windsor, and her attorneys spoke to reporters following Supreme Court oral argument in the case, which challenged the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). After the death in 2009 of her partner of over 40 years, Ms. Windsor was required to pay more than $300,000 in inheritance taxes because DOMA mandates that a spouse, as legally defined, must be a person of the opposite sex. close